Poker Players Database

Sandra Naujoks
Max Pescatori
JC Tran
Allen Cunningham
Gus Hansen
Liv Boeree
Jeff Madsen
Erica Schoenberg
Viktor Blom
Joanne Liu
Erick Lindgren
Annette Obrestad
Chris Ferguson
Aaron Bartley
John Juanda
David Benyamine
Annie Duke

Poker Players

Poker Players become well known for many reasons. Maybe they have won a major tournament, appeared on televised poker shows, are authors of well read poker books, are legends of poker that have told us many a tale of times gone by or just a darn good player that has earned the respect of their peers in the poker community.

We have researched and interviewed popular players and collated data on their poker career. The result being our Poker Players Database containing detailed written profiles of the poker player and their life stories together with the stats behind their poker career

Find out where your favourite player ranks in one of our top lists, from the Top Earning Players to WSOP Bracelet Winners. Alternatively just search through our A-Z listing of all Player Profiles to discover things you never knew about the players we see at the poker tables.

Player Profiles

Italy Max Pescatori – Soccer or Poker? $3m says he made the right choice
In his youth, Max Pescatori was torn between playing soccer and poker. With over $3m in winnings as a Poker Pro, he thinks he made the right choice [more...]

USA Howard Lederer – The Most Hated Man in Poker?
A few years ago Howard Lederer was one of the most well known Poker Players. Now, after his full involvement in Full Tilt Poker and their near bankruptcy has been revealed he has been ousted from the poker community. [more...]

Spain Carlos Mortenson – First Ever to Win both the WSOP & WPT Championships
Carlos Mortenson is the first player to ever win both the WSOP and WPT world championship events. Known for the imaginative way he arranges his chip stacks [more...]

USA Mike Matusow – Drugs, Jail and the WSOP Main Event Final Table
Mike Matusow is the ‘bad boy’ of poker and the poker world loves him for it. Having served time in Jail for drug offences he turned his life around and made the final table of the WSOP Main Event in 2005 [more...]

USA Paul Wasicka – Recovering from being one card away from World Champion
It was a devastating blow that was hard to take for Paul Wasicka, despite becoming a wealthy man after losing heads up at the 2006 WSOP Main Event [more...]

USA Erick Lindgren – Debt, Gambling & Rehab
Erick Lindgren was one of the early "poker boom" TV celebrities, but his relationship with gambling is one that has lead him to massive debt and rehab. [more...]